Dominant chord

Dominant chord
Dominant Dom"i*nant, n. (Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. [1913 Webster]

{Dominant chord} (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant. [1913 Webster]


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